Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from France: Notice of Court Decision and Suspension of Liquidation

Resumen

On September 24, 2002, in Allegheny Ludlum Corp. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 99-09-00566, Slip Op. 02-114, a lawsuit challenging the Department of Commerce's ("the Department's") Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from France, 64 FR 30774 (June 8, 1999) ("French Stainless"), the Court of International Trade ("CIT") affirmed the Department's second remand redetermination and entered a judgment order. In this redetermination, the Department reviewed the record evidence regarding the facts and circumstances of the privatization of Usinor, Ugine S.A., and Uginox Sales Corporation (collectively "Usinor"), including the terms of the sale, and concluded that Usinor received no countervailable subsidies as a result of the privatization transaction. As a result of the redetermination, the countervailable subsidy rate for the subject merchandise produced and sold by Usinor during the period of investigation ("POI") was reduced from 5.38 percent to 0.00 percent ad valorem. This redetermination was not in harmony with the Department's original final determination in French Stainless. Consistent with the decision of the U.S. Cou